A Melbourne boy through and through, Matt Collinge is a proud resident of his adopted suburb, Footscray. It was there that he met his wife and discovered her vast reservoirs of patience. For Matt was diagnosed with bipolar type I when he was 17 years old and this has seen the best and worst of him. Matt has been to Melbourne’s most prestigious and therefore least useful universities and currently holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Postgraduate Diploma in Political Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and of course a Certificate IV in Mental Health. Matt’s passions include music, movies and reading, but in reality, it is more bars, pubs and French food with his Vietnamese wife. Matt loves economics, politics and sociology – all with a pint or two and some Footscray grub.